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"I went from being a very active person to barely being able to stand without getting so acutely dizzy."
As crime in the Chicago Transit Authority system continues to spike, the city is shelling out big bucks for unarmed security guards it has added to the transit system to try to fight it.
The boys were arrested around 5:30 p.m., just moments after trying to carjack a woman in the 3400 block of West Lexington Street.
"I told management I don't want to die in my apartment."
"It made me not want to be around people anymore. Not to talk to people. I just want to be alone all the time."
The southbound lanes of the Tri-State Tollway have reopened near Glenview, several hours after a fatal crash involving seven vehicles.
A close ally of Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Scott was tapped as chair of the City Council Education Committee after Lightfoot took office in 2019.
Indiana law now bans transgender females from competing in girls school sports, joining about more than a dozen other states adopting similar laws in the past two years.
Police said the stabbing took place around 10:40 p.m. near the Clinton Street Blue Line stop.
According to officials, 19 children and two adults were killed when a gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School.
"It's almost two years that I feel like I've been walking around the concussion."
"We had a vision when we began to reimagine Willis Tower as more than just an office building, as a place that connected people."
"I don't want this to happen to no one else. I mean, I don't wish it upon anyone, period," Veldarin Jackson said.
Ragucci pleaded guilty Monday to one count of wire fraud and one count of filing a false tax return.
Instead of focusing on the aftermath, they want the city to look at programs to stop the shooting before it starts.
The question of whether to honor the legacy of Charlie Kirk at a local school prompted a heated debate Thursday night in Chicago’s northwest suburbs.
The Blackhawks opened up training camp on Thursday under new head coach Jeff Blashill, who didn't waste any time setting the tone, turning up the intensity on the ice right from the puck drop
Matt Eberflus' return to Soldier Field is an added subplot to Sunday's showdown as the Chicago Bears look to get their first win of the season. If Bears head coach Ben Johnson and his team are going to avoid an 0-3 start, they'll have to outwit the team's former head coach, who's now running the Dallas Cowboys' defense.
Police body camera video shows a family's dog leading an officer to his leash while being rescued from a house fire last week in west suburban Aurora.
A woman was stabbed in an attack on the CTA Blue Line overnight. The attack came after three CTA workers have been attacked in less than a month, and the head of the CTA's rail labor union said anxiety and concern among workers has turned to anger.
In the plan under discussion, the Secret Service and the White House would be able to open and close sections of the fencing, sources said.
Eight months ago, Hegseth told top military leaders there would be "no more beardos" and "fat troops."
President Trump said Friday he won't sign the law, but a U.S. official said he isn't expected to veto it either.
The U.S. military released a new batch of files related to UFOs, including one report from a Navy pilot who said a mysterious object was "unlike anything I had seen" in 28 years of service.
A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld an Illinois ban on semiautomatic weapons, keeping in place a law passed largely in response to a deadly Independence Day parade shooting.
Chicago remained the most bed bug-treated city in the country, according to Orkin's latest annual rankings covering a full year of residential and commercial treatment data.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week warned residents cleaning up from last month's storms to be on the lookout for scams.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday signed several new consumer protections into law, including a ban on junk fees.
CBS News Chicago has learned that Illinois home insurance premiums are not only higher than the nation's average, but going up faster too.
As an alternative to legalizing video gambling terminals citywide, Bally's offered to open slot machine lounges at O'Hare and Midway, saying the move would replace the $6.8 million the city budgeted from VGTs.
In a major turnaround in the opioid crisis, overdose deaths are falling across Chicago and Cook County.
The north Chicago suburb of Glenview became the latest Illinois municipality this week to confirm mosquitoes testing positive for the West Nile virus this year.
Environmental and community groups are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to act on a petition challenging U.S. Steel Gary Works operating permit renewal.
In the four years since Roe v. Wade was overturned and Illinois became a destination for abortion care, Illinois providers and advocates have rebuilt the state's infrastructure to support the tens of thousands of people who travel to the state for abortion services every year.
June is National Aphasia Awareness Month, raising awareness of a disorder that affects a person's ability to speak, write, and understand both spoken and written language.
Illinois American Water and Aqua Illinois are both seeking rate increases that would raise monthly bills by as much as $28, while their parent companies seek regulatory approval to merge — a deal a consumer watchdog says would give one company control of nearly all regulated water customers in the state.
The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from several states secured a right-to-repair settlement Wednesday with agriculture equipment giant Deere & Co. — commonly known as John Deere — that requires the company to let farmers and independent shops fix their own equipment.
Chicago Soul Café opened Monday at 6248 S. St. Lawrence Ave.
The Chicago Bears this weekend said they are assessing land at Wolf Lake Terminals in Hammond, Indiana, for a possible new stadium.
As an alternative to legalizing video gambling terminals citywide, Bally's offered to open slot machine lounges at O'Hare and Midway, saying the move would replace the $6.8 million the city budgeted from VGTs.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra's summer home in Highland Park reopened after a $70 million gut renovation that redesigned the stage to reduce sound levels harmful to musicians.
Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh pop star best known for singing the chart-topping power ballad "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in 1983, has died. She was 75.
The nominations for the 78th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday morning in Los Angeles, with the final season of HBO Max's "Hacks" setting a new record for the most nominations in a single year for a comedy series.
Nikki Glaser, Michelle Wolf, Ali Siddiq and Bert Kreischer are among the comedians coming to the city to perform from Nov. 5 to Nov. 15.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were married as they celebrated their wedding with hundreds of guests Friday at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Meteorologist David Yeomans has the extended forecast.
As The Second City debuts an anniversary review, entertainment reporter Vince Gerasole sits down with the production's director for some insight on what makes us laugh.
Tensions remain high amid the war with Iran.
Police are searching for a suspect after an Indiana State Police trooper was shot after a pursuit on I-94 in Michigan City on Friday morning.
An Indiana State Police provide an update after a trooper was injured in a shooting on I-94 in Michigan City on Friday morning.
An Indiana State Police trooper was shot, and a suspect was found dead after a pursuit on I-94 in Michigan City on Friday morning.
A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld an Illinois ban on semiautomatic weapons, keeping in place a law passed largely in response to a deadly Independence Day parade shooting.
A 17-year-old suspect has been arrested in Texas in connection with the deadly shooting after a high school graduation ceremony in Fairfield, California last month, police said.
Two men were killed in a crash involving a semi truck in Chicago's Hegewisch neighborhood on Friday morning.
Prices at the pump sank following a June ceasefire. But renewed conflict in the Middle East and other factors are driving fuel costs back up.
New Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke is fighting innocence claims more often than her predecessor, Kim Foxx, and hiring outside counsel to help.
On Tuesday evening, CBS News Chicago reported on wild weeds taking over a property in the South Side's Washington Heights neighborhood, and neighbors who said they spent months trying to get help.
Kevin Jackson was wrongfully convicted of murder and spent 22 years in prison before he was freed. Now he has realized his dream by starting a landscaping business. But his quest to be declared innocent continues.
The weeds keep growing, and the complaints keep piling up, but neighbors on one street in the Washington Heights community on Chicago's South Side say nothing is changing.
City officials unveil underground stormwater storage units to reduce flooding on the West Side
Conversations about how Caitlin Clark is treated on a basketball court can be polarizing as fans, players, coaches, pundits and even the U.S. Congress has an opinion about what should or shouldn't happen in regards to the WNBA All-Star.
Caleb Durbin hit a two-run homer to help the surging Boston Red Sox top the Chicago White Sox 2-1 for their sixth consecutive victory.
Jeremiah Jackson hit a two-run double in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift the Baltimore Orioles to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Thursday.
The WNBA will be holding some marquee All-Star events at Chicago's newly opened Obama Presidential Center later this month.
Pete Crow-Armstrong hit two of Chicago's five home runs and the Cubs outslugged the Baltimore Orioles 9-7 on Wednesday night.
The Chicago Transit Authority this week released new crime statistics indicating that violent crime is down on the transit system.
An 18-year-old man was facing charges Thursday after police said he fired a gun into a home in the south Chicago suburb of Oak Forest.
Thieves left empty-handed in an attempted crash-and-grab burglary in Chicago's Budlong Woods neighborhood early Thursday, police said.
A 16-year-old boy was charged this week in a mass shooting that left three people dead in Chicago's West Chatham community in 2024.
The men accused in a crime spree that involved an attack on a CBS News Chicago crew last week were back in court Wednesday morning.
